An Important Investigation Into What ‘Strap The Feedbag On’ Really Means
Hi. Welcome. Pull up a chair. Get out your notepad and a pen. We’re all about to get a new education together.
Now when my Year 12 English teacher gave me that pointed look that I read as “you won’t go very far, idiot” because I thought Shakespeare was boring, she didn’t think that perhaps I was suited for analysing a different kind of dialect.
That of the bogan Aussie male.
I grew up in a rural area, so I’ve pretty much heard it all. I know ol’ Joe down at the RSL is a See-You-Next-Tuesday, Daz is just another ‘corrupt pollie’ and Smithy’s missus doesn’t know about his affair with the chick behind the bar at The Vic.
But a new phrase was brought into my vernacular this year, and it’s all thanks to Nick “The Honey Badger” Cummins. And that phrase, my child, is the infamous “Strap the feedbag on”.
Now ol’ M8 Badger has mentioned this line a few times, and there’s been some talk that it could be referring to oral sex.
#TheBachelorAU pre show gem from the badger ‘ strap on the feedbag’ Giving a woman Oral pleasure. Off to A start! @lexi_rc69
— Pam Thornton (@MsPamelot) August 15, 2018
It’s important to note now, that he’s used the phrase when talking to Kyle & Jackie O in an interview about being horny, and he’s also used the phrase on the show when cooking a campfire dinner. Here’s how he says it in two different settings:
1. Around a campfire: “Why don’t you say we strap the old feedbag on.”
2. In an interview: “If they come out of the shower in a nice little bloody nightie. I tell you what, strap the feedbag on for sure.”
I turned to Google in my time of need to figure out what the original meaning really was meant to be.
My first port of call to research this phrase: Educational learning sites.
First up, Urban Dictionary.
Next, was Merriam-Webster.
Finally, I consulted the world’s greatest source, Wikipedia.
“In popular culture, the feedbag is used in the expression ‘strap on the old feedbag’ meaning to ‘dine’. It suggests that the diner will pay little attention to etiquette and that the meal will be taken simply to satisfy one’s hunger.”
Next up, I consulted a Bachelor fan page on Facebook.
This turned out to be quite educational.
Finally, I ended the research on an Instagram poll.
It was thrilling when my little sister messaged me to say “it means eating the moot”.
In conclusion:
When Honey Badger is talking about strapping the feedbag on at dinner time around a campfire, we can safely assume he means literal snags and not a different type of sausage. So, no need to get upset then.
When he’s talking about in relation to one of his wives, he’s probably being a horny devil. That’s when we all join hands and pray to the higher powers to never hear him utter the phrase again.
So finally, just like my Year 12 English teacher would say, it depends on the context.